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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān, “sign, mark”).
Noun
نشان • (nişan)
- sign, mark, symbol, indicator
- Synonyms: اشارت (işaret), علامت (ʼalamet)
- thing set up, as a post or pillar
- stamp, an indentation or imprint made by stamping
- Synonym: تمغا (tamga)
- target, a butt or mark to shoot at
- Synonyms: آماج (amaç), غرض (ğaraz), هدف (hedef)
- aim, the pointing of a weapon
- decoration worn as an honor
- royal cypher usually set over letters-patent, public buildings, etc.
- Synonym: علامت (ʼalamet)
- token given by a man to his betrothed upon the formal betrothal
Derived terms
- نشانجی (nişancı, “marksman”)
- نشانسز (nişansız, “without a sign”)
- نشانلاتمق (nişanlatmak, “to make or let be marked”)
- نشانلامق (nişanlamak, “to mark; to take aim at”)
- نشانلانمق (nişanlanmak, “to become a mark or sign”)
- نشانلو (nişanlı, “marked with a sign”)
- نشانگاه (nişangah, “rearsight”)
- نشانگچ (nişangeç, “a joiner's tool”)
- نشانگیر (nişangir, “one who takes notes”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nişan2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3552
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “نشان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 479a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نشان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1275
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Signum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1554
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نشان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5180
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nişan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نشان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2084
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier نِیشَان (nīšān), from Middle Persian (nyšʾn' /nīšān/, “sign, mark, banner”) (compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫗𐫏𐫢𐫀𐫗 (nyšʾn /nīšān/), Old Armenian նշան (nšan), Old Georgian ნიშანი (nišani), Northern Kurdish nîşan, Central Kurdish نیشان (nîşan)), from (nyš /nīš-/) (compare Old Armenian նիշ (niš), Old Georgian ნიში (niši), Classical Syriac ܢܝܫܐ (nīšāʾ), Hebrew נֵס (nēs), loanwords from Iranian). See the Middle Persian for more.
Pronunciation
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nišān
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| Dari reading?
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nišān
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| Iranian reading?
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nešân
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| Tajik reading?
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nišon
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Noun
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نشان
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нишон
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نشان • (nešân) (plural نشانها (nešân-hâ))
- sign, mark
- aim, target, butt
- medal, order, decoration
- banner, flag, standard, ensign
- coat of arms
Derived terms
Descendants
(some may be from Middle Persian)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نشان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nīšān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān).
Pronunciation
Noun
نشان • (niśān) m (Hindi spelling निशान)
- sign, symbol
- mark, impression, scar
- trace, clue, vestige
- ensign, standard
- decoration, medal
Related terms